One of this nation’s most enduring Christmas tales is the reply by Francis P. Church, editorial writer for the New York Sun, to a letter from little Virginia O’Hanlon of Manhattan, asking if there was ...

Dear Abby: Before we know it, Christmas will be upon us, and my oldest child will again be asking me if there really is a Santa Claus. With all the traumatic events happening in our world today, I do ...

In September 1897, a letter arrived in the newsroom of The Sun, one of New York's great newspapers of the day. The author was a child whose "little friends" had been questioning something close to her ...

According to Wikipedia, the phrase “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” is from an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church. Written in response to a letter by 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon asking ...

While others age, Virginia O’Hanlon is forever a little girl thanks to The New York Sun. Her letter asking if there’s a Santa Claus, and the paper’s response, helps each new generation of parents ...

Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis ...

News-Miner opinion: “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.” The phrase has become exceptionally well-known since it was first set to paper on the editorial page of The Sun, a New York newspaper, on ...

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible ...

Dec. 23—Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis ...

It is our pleasure to once again share this holiday tradition with our readers. On Sept. 21, 1897, the New York Sun published what has become the most widely read letter to a newspaper. The letter was ...